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    Quote Originally Posted by Inconel710 View Post
    since there's no DFAC.
    You mean Chow Hall?...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inconel710 View Post
    Not true - Buckley opened transient quarters on base earlier this year. Per diem rates probably haven't changed though since there's no DFAC.
    Wow... didn't know that. I haven't been out there for a while. If the per diem hasn't changed, they are still going to want to RON there over other locations though.
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    Probably unrelated to the exercise, but...

    The Bone (B-1... get it? Spell it out...) has a long loiter time, a synthetic aperture radar, and can also be fitted with a targeting pod. It also has many comms capabilities on just about every spectrum. We use them a lot for NTISR (Non Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) in Asskrackistan. They could prove useful in a limited role during a mass casualty situation, but I'm not sure of the legality of that. The radar can pick up things like vehicles, buildings, etc. The targeting pod can pick up a lot more detail both day and night and pull coordinates of whatever it's looking at. Although using a Bone in this role wouldn't provide you with anything you couldn't get from a RQ-1 Predator, and would be way more expensive.

    Like I said, probably unrelated, but used in a non traditional way and with a little ingenuity it might be useful.
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    Wait...

    So DIA is running exercises, Bones are flying over....

    I walked outside today to 2 of the those helicopters, the ones with front and rear rotors, flying in formation! This is scary....






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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoser View Post
    You mean Chow Hall?...
    I call it a DFAC, too. Same thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tinelement View Post
    Wait...

    So DIA is running exercises, Bones are flying over....

    I walked outside today to 2 of the those helicopters, the ones with front and rear rotors, flying in formation! This is scary....





    Were they painted scary black, or tactical green?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpienads View Post
    Were they painted scary black, or tactical green?
    I was sprinting for my AR!!!

    I keed.... They were to far, didn't have my glasses on to see color. But, I see them frequently on the same route. Just figure it's training.

    Fun to think tho!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpienads View Post
    Were they painted scary black, or tactical green?
    Invisible, like Wonder Woman's plane...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monky View Post
    You guys just keep trying to get them to monitor this site.. talking of things.
    "They" have been monitoring this site for years. A few of "them" are probably members I've given positive feedback to. I think monitoring this particular site is a very low priority for .gov right now. Nearly everyone here seems respectable and squared away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clint45 View Post
    "They" have been monitoring this site for years. A few of "them" are probably members I've given positive feedback to. I think monitoring this particular site is a very low priority for .gov right now. Nearly everyone here seems respectable and squared away.
    Keyword being "seems".
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    Girlscouts? Hmmm, I don't know... I think it's kinda dangerous to teach young girls self esteem and leadership skills.

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